Young William begs his father, an old officer of the Revolution, for a war story, and General P. obliges with the life of Enoch Crosby. A shoemaker who enlisted, Crosby was persuaded by John Jay to serve instead as a secret agent among the Tories, joining their companies, betraying their plans and escaping again and again.
An early American juvenile about a real patriot spy, often named as a model for Harvey Birch in Cooper’s The Spy. Download the free EPUB.